Nathaniel allen



(No Model.)

N. ALLEN.

HAIR GRIMPER.

No. 388,387. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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UNITED STATES NATHANIEL ALLEN, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO PLACE.

ABBIE R. YORK, TRUSTEE, OF SAME HAIR-CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 388,387, dated August28, 1888.

Application tiled January 4, 1886. Serial No. 187,601. (No model.)

in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair- Grimpers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to implements for [O crimping the hair, to impartto it a wavy,

curly, or frizzled appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an isometric view of myimproved crimper, showing a lock of hair wound upon the legs I5 thereofand held in place by an elastic; Fig. 2, an isometric view of myimproved crimper, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of the same.

The crimper proper, A, consists of 2. [lat strip bent, as shown in Fig.3, into the form of a split pin or spring-cotter, with divergingstraight legs a a, the closed end or head a of said crimper beingenlarged into a circle, as shown. An endless elastic band, B, is loopedinto the circular head a the legs a a being spread apart to admit theband, said band being not longer than said crimper. The object ofenlarging the closed end of the crimper into a circle or closed loop isto form a suitable place to receive the elastic band without pinching orcutting the same, and to keep the elastic band from being accidentallydisconnected from the crimper. The edges of the strip which forms thecrimper A are rounded, in order that they may not cut the 5 hair woundupon them.

When the crimper is used, the attached end of a lock of hair, H,is'placed between the legs a a of the crimper near its closed end, andis then looped around said legs alternately in opposite directions, asshown in Fig. 1, to the free end of said lock of hair. The hair when solooped around the legs of the crimper is held in place by the elasticband B, which is stretched over one leg of the crimper, and contractingagainst the lock of hair prevents it from unwinding. The free end of alock of hair may be placed between the legs of a crimper, which are thenpinched upon the hair by the thumb and finger, the hair being then woundabout the crimper by turning the latter, and the band B is thenstretched over the open end of the crimper, and contracting prevents thehair from unwinding. In either caseto remove the crimper from the hairit is only necessary to restore the band B to the position shown in Fig.2, (the position it occupies when the crimper s to be used,) and firstfrom the hair.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the crimper formed of astrip having rounded edges and doubled upon itself and bent at itsclosed end into a circle or closed loop, and an elastic band looped intosaid circle or closed loop, as and for the purpose specified.

NATHANIEL ALLEN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, GE'RTRUDE M. DAY.

the crimper may then be drawn endwise head

